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Emergency Services
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between Fulton County and the City of South Fulton, for the provision of the Digital 800 MHz Radio System Access, October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 with three (3) automatic renewals commencing October 1 of each successive year, in the amount of $384,057.00 annually for years 2025 and 2026 and $407,082.00 for years 2027 and 2028, and for the Records Management System (RMS) in the amount of $175,904.15 annually covering October 1 - September 30 of each successive year. This amount is a revenue increase to Fulton County for services provided. (APPROVED UPON ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA)
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
O.C.G.A § 36-10-1 requires any contract entered into by the County shall be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for approval.
Strategic Priority Area related to this item (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Justice and Safety
Commission Districts Affected
All Districts ☒
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Is this a purchasing item?
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Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
Request approval to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of South Fulton. It is desirable to have a unified system to include entities on the system who affect and further the goal of protecting the citizens of Fulton County’s health, safety, and welfare, and provides public safety services to the citizens of the City of South Fulton. The ability of public safety providers, police, fire, and EMS to communicate by radio on a common radio system increases the response effectiveness of first responders to emergency calls for service and mutual aid agencies that may be called upon to assist in the response. This agreement will allow 921 City of South Fulton police and fire personnel radios access to operate on the Fulton County Digital 800 MHz radio system to handle calls for service within the City of South Fulton and provide interoperable communications when called upon by other Fulton County public safety agencies.
The City of South Fulton will pay Fulton County $417.00 per radio or $384,057.00 annually for 921 radios (648 police and 273 fire) annually for years 2025 and 2026 and $442.00 per radio or $407,082.00 annually for years 2027 and 2028 to operate on the digital radio system. The per radio access fee will be used to support the annual maintenance, upgrade, and replacement costs of the Fulton County Digital 800 MHz Public Safety Radio System. Additionally, the county is entitled to impose and retain an annual subsidy from the city for the Records Management System (RMS) October 1 – September 30 of each year in the amount of $175,904.15 or $14,658.68 monthly. Fees received from the City of South Fulton for Digital 800 MHz radio system access and Records Management System (RMS) is revenue in support of the recurring maintenance cost of the digital radio system and the records management system.
The Board of Commissioners, at their meeting on September 15, 2021 (Item #21-0685) approved the provision of 800MHz Radio System Access with the City of South Fulton.